Bonanza
Western • Series

Bonanza

"America's Favorite TV Western"

7.5/10 1959 14 Seasons 431 Episodes Ended

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.

Season: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Season 9 Episodes

S9E1
E1
Second Chance
49 min 1967

Renegade Indians have been on the rampage attacking settlers and raising havoc in the West. Joe and Hoss have gone to w…

S9E2
E2
Sense of Duty
49 min 1967

Ben, Hoss and Little Joe help the Virginia City militia escort a renegade Indian, who believes he is the Almighty, throu…

S9E3
E3
The Conquistadors
49 min 1967

A band of Mexican kidnaps Little Joe for a $25,000 ransom. A group of cowboys plan to rescue Joe, kill him and claim the…

S9E4
E4
Judgment at Olympus
49 min 1967

Candy is arrested for committing murder in the town of Olympus. He is accused of killing Jed Wheelock, the son of wealt…

S9E5
E5
Night of Reckoning
49 min 1967

A sadistic outlaw named Dibbs along with his gang, take siege of the Ponderosa, holding Joe, Hoss, and Candy prisoners. …

S9E6
E6
False Witness
49 min 1967

While at the bank in Sandust, Little Joe and the bank's secretary witness an armed robbery. During a subsequent gunfight…

S9E7
E7
The Gentle Ones
49 min 1967

Most people consider Mark Cole a coward, but he does not hesitate to step forward when his brother attempts to break a h…

S9E8
E8
Desperate Passage
49 min 1967

Driving horses to Utah, the Cartwrights and Candy discover only two people left in a town wiped out by rampaging Paiute …

S9E9
E9
The Sure Thing
49 min 1967

A young girl's ownership of a beloved stallion is jeopardized by the "big plans" of her scheming father.

S9E10
E10
Showdown at Tahoe
49 min 1967

A career robber who claims to be a lumber man, and his gang plan to use Ben's new freight paddleboat to haul a $1 millio…

S9E11
E11
Six Black Horses
49 min 1967

Ben's old friend has stolen money from corrupt politicians in New York and plans to invest in Nevada.

S9E12
E12
Check Rein
49 min 1967

An injured rancher, who has enlisted the aid of the Cartwrights to buy back one of his horses after his farm is foreclos…

S9E13
E13
Justice Deferred
49 min 1967

An anguished Hoss discovers that his testimony helped hang an innocent man accused of murder. As he struggles to bring t…

S9E14
E14
The Gold Detector
49 min 1967

Hoss wants to buy a mine thought to be worthless and orders a fancy invention to prove it isn't and becomes the local la…

S9E15
E15
The Trackers
49 min 1968

A man, recently released from prison for bank robbery, is accused of robbing the same Virginia City bank and gunning dow…

S9E16
E16
A Girl Named George
49 min 1968

Trick photography is employed to help a killer beat a murder rap, to prove he was not there at the time of the murder he…

S9E17
E17
The Thirteenth Man
49 min 1968

The ranchers are once again losing stock to rustlers and not everyone agrees with range detective Marcus Alley's prevent…

S9E18
E18
The Burning Sky
49 min 1968

A cruel, sadistic, alcoholic and racist rancher named Aaron Gore stalks the wife of Ben's friend, whom he has hired as a…

S9E19
E19
The Price of Salt
49 min 1968

When a young woman inherits her late father's salt mine, a greedy rancher wants to buy all the salt for himself. Ben, st…

S9E20
E20
Blood Tie
49 min 1968

A band of outlaws enact a scheme to rob the Ponderosa, by tricking Hoss and Little Joe away from the ranch and leaving a…

S9E21
E21
The Crime of Johnny Mule
49 min 1968

Hoss stands alone in refusing to convict Johnny Mule, a ""slow"" ranch hand who is accused of robbing and murdering his …

S9E22
E22
The Late Ben Cartwright
49 min 1968

In order to ruin the plans of a corrupt politician, Ben allows everyone to think that an attempt on his life was success…

S9E23
E23
Star Crossed
49 min 1968

Candy falls in love with a beautiful young woman, unaware that the man claiming to be her cousin is a bounty hunter who …

S9E24
E24
Trouble Town
49 min 1968

The Ponderosa ranch hands are at Riverbend during a cattle drive. While there, Candy meets an old friend, Lilah Holden,…

S9E25
E25
Commitment at Angelus
49 min 1968

When a horse steps on Candy's hand out on the trail, he and Joe go to Angelus to find a doctor. When they arrive, Joe s…

S9E26
E26
A Dream to Dream
49 min 1968

An alcoholic rancher, drinking away his bitterness, makes live unbearable for his wife and children. Hoss helps reform h…

S9E27
E27
In Defense of Honor
49 min 1968

Davey - a orphaned Yute that Ben helped raise and has worked as a ranch hand on the Ponderosa - falls in love with one o…

S9E28
E28
To Die in Darkness
49 min 1968

While the others are away, Ben and Candy are lured by an old friend of Ben's to go somewhere. The ""friend"" traps them…

S9E29
E29
The Bottle Fighter
49 min 1968

Hoss is accused of stabbing a man to death, and his only hope of acquittal is a once great trial lawyer who is now a hop…

S9E30
E30
The Arrival of Eddie
49 min 1968

Eddie McKay, the son of a robber and murderer who Hoss killed several years ago in a shootout, returns to Virginia City …

S9E31
E31
The Stronghold
49 min 1968

Joe and Candy sell a herd to the Farrell Brothers in Arizona, but are paid a worthless bank draft. The widow of the man…

S9E32
E32
Pride of a Man
49 min 1968

Joe reluctantly takes a job as a substitute teacher and must contend with two older students who have no use for an educ…

S9E33
E33
A Severe Case of Matrimony
49 min 1968

An untalented gypsy girl tries to get the Cartwrights to finance her career as an opera singer.

S9E34
E34
Stage Door Johnnies
49 min 1968

Hoss and Joe rival for the affections of visiting entertainer Mademoiselle Denise, though she is more concerned for her …

Cast

Lorne Greene
Lorne Greene
Ben Cartwright
Michael Landon
Michael Landon
Joe Cartwright
David Canary
David Canary
Candy Canaday
Tim Matheson
Tim Matheson
Griff King
Mitch Vogel
Mitch Vogel
Jamie Hunter Cartwright

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